Protect Right Whale Calving Ground from U.S. Navy

From EarthJustice.org

Tell NOAA to protect right whale calving area from U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Training.

CONTACT

Sign an online petition

And/Or better yet, make direct contact:

Dr. Jane Lubchenco, NOAA
USEC/Administrative Office of the Under Secretary
phone (202) 482-3436
email

INFORMATION

Endangered right whales are swimming right into plans by the U.S. Navy to develop an Undersea Warfare Training Range 50 miles off the coast of Florida. Your help is needed to protect this prime whale calving ground.

Right whales, which can grow up to 59 feet long and weigh up to 100 tons, have been listed as an endangered species since 1973. But since then, their numbers have not significantly increased. Scientists believe only 300 to 400 right whales remain.

Warfare training exercises in the only known right whale calving grounds would jeopardize their survival. Some of the biggest causes of right whale deaths are ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. The Navy's training area will include underwater cables, high-speed ship maneuvers, aircraft and submarines.

The National Marine Fisheries Service has said that the "loss of even a single individual right whale may contribute to the extinction of the species." But despite this scientific evidence, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration allowed the Navy to proceed.

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